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Ahearn, Janet Reed

Don't Call Me Pruneface!

32 pp. | Hyperion | August, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4231-1918-0 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Drazen Kozjan. Paul's new neighbor, Prudence, teases him mercilessly. Following his grandmother's advice, Paul tries to win over Prudence with kindness; when he finally snaps ("Why are you so mean, Pruneface?"), the tough cookie crumbles. A universal challenge is laid out with particularity and approached with measured action, then resolved a bit too easily. Kozjan focuses his detail-hungry eye on the story's plentiful comic aspects.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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